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ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
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Rusty Shackle
The Raven, the Thief & the Hangman
(Get Folked Records)
★★★★★
RUSTY SHACKLE have chiselled this set of nine songs to loving perfection.
For two years, with laudable dedication, they've researched and gathered songs that tell stories from the edge of human existence without descending into miserablism or self-pity.
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